DocumentCode
1013961
Title
Throughput availability in Markov systems
Author
Limnios, N.
Author_Institution
Div. Math. Appliquees, Tech. Univ. of Compiegne, France
Volume
41
Issue
2
fYear
1992
fDate
6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
219
Lastpage
224
Abstract
Explicit formulations for throughput availability, demand availability, on-stream availability, availability at a particular level and time, limiting throughput availability, and mean throughput to first failure are developed in terms of discrete and continuous parameter Markov chains. These measures are particularly adapted to continuous production or transportation systems. A numerical example illustrates the results
Keywords
Markov processes; reliability theory; continuous parameter Markov chains; demand availability; discrete Markov chains; limiting throughput availability; mean throughput to first failure; on-stream availability; production systems; reliability; throughput availability; transportation systems; Availability; Continuous production; Cooling; Failure analysis; Particle measurements; Performance evaluation; Production systems; Steady-state; Throughput; Time measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/24.257784
Filename
257784
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